[May 2018]
31 –International Exchange in Local Governments – A Year of Local Governments in Japan

Governor of Okayama Prefecture, Mr. Ryuta Ibaragi, and Okayama prefectural government staff visited South Australia this May to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Sister State relationship between Okayama Prefecture and South Australia and CLAIR supported their activities (we will talk more about this in our next issue).

 

CLAIR facilitates the international activities of Japanese local governments, gathers information on local development efforts of other countries and helps communicate the Japanese local government system to the world.

Our Sydney office supports Japanese government officials in Australia and New Zealand by facilitating visits and exchange programmes, liaising between local governments and researching local government systems for the benefit of Japanese prefectures and municipalities.

 

We now have 109 sister city relationships with Australia which includes 6 sister state-prefecture relationships and we also have 43 sister city relationships with New Zealand. The largest number is with the US, the second with China, the third with Korea, with Australia coming in fourth and New Zealand in tenth.

Japan ranks first in terms of the number of sister city relationships it has with Australia and New Zealand. We are very proud and happy of this fact.

 

The historical trend in the number of sister cities between Australia and New Zealand with Japan increased dramatically in the 1990s. That was when Japanese local governments were getting more and more engaged in international activities. Proof of this increased international engagement can be seen through the commencement of the JET programme in 1987 and the establishment of CLAIR in 1988.

 

I would like to add that CLAIR Sydney is able to facilitate the creation and maintenance of strong sister city relationships with the help of Sister Cities Australia (SCA) and Sister Cities New Zealand (SCNZ). We are grateful for their continued support and look forward to continue working together in the future.

 

Katsunori Kamibo

Director

 

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  •  環境問題への取組を調査するため、7月下旬~8月上旬にかけて滋賀県立彦根工業高等学校の高校生1名および引率者1名がオーストラリアを訪問し、クレアシドニー事務所は、7月29日にはオーストラリアの概要(文化、風習等)についてブリーフィングを実施し、7月31日にはブリスベンの訪問先企業へのアテンド行いました。

    ブリスベンの訪問先においては、カーボンニュートラルの観点から、カギケノリという海藻を用いて畜産動物が排出するメタンガスを減少させる取り組みについての情報を得ることができました。生徒が、将来は自らも環境のための取り組みを実施したいとの思いから、積極的にミーティングに臨んでいる姿が印象的でした。

    当事務所は今回、ブリーフィング及びアテンドのほか、ブリスベンの訪問先企業に対するアポイントメント取得のサポートも行いました。
     クレアシドニー事務所は、今後もオーストラリアでの調査に取り組む日本の自治体の活動を支援していきます。

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  •  名古屋市とシドニー市の姉妹都市交流は、2025年に45周年を迎えます。11月24日(金)には、豪州多文化主義政策交流プログラム(11月27日から12月2日まで)参加にあわせて渡豪した名古屋市職員がシドニー市役所を訪問しました。
     両市の姉妹動物園(タロンガ動物園と東山動物園)の交流の状況や名古屋市における国際交流についての情報共有に加えて、2023年12月に予定されている松雄副市長のシドニー市訪問の事前打ち合わせが行われ、クレアシドニー事務所はこの訪問をアテンドしました。
     節目の年を2年後に控え、両市の交流がさらに活発になるよう、クレアシドニー事務所は引き続き支援して参ります。